Leaving Cert 2014 OT v2.0 - Official Bitch & Moan thread

bb1234567

MrAweesome wrote: »

Well i have never done one of the nazis :P my last one was about suicide! All mine have had a sad ending :P i just lack witty humour and imagination sadly

Yeah me too Im just not funny and theres like nothing worse than somebody unfunny attempting humour:o nazis are good! very dramatic lots to talk about!!

robman60

thelad95 wrote: »

There are no characters in the text. You must be on acid...

Maybe if I actually take acid I'll reverse whatever is affecting me?

It's coming up to bedtime peeps. Just remember that this time next week you'll be having your last sleepy before English paper 2.

Enjoy the nightmares!

a0ifee

robman60 wrote: »

Maybe if I actually take acid I'll reverse whatever is affecting me?

It's coming up to bedtime peeps. Just remember that this time next week you'll be having your last sleepy before English paper 2.

Enjoy the nightmares!

well there goes my plans to sleep tonight....

aleatorio

MrAweesome wrote: »

South Wicklow ftw

Nah, the west is where it's at XD

ejayy

aleatorio wrote: »

Nah, the west is where it's at XD

Yeaaaa boiiiii

MrAweesome

The thought of Dickinson on the paper may help me sleep for the week

bb1234567

MrAweesome wrote: »

The thought of Dickinson on the paper may help me sleep for the week

Poetry isnt even worth that much people worry about it too much

Poliana.xo

if Dickinson or Larkin are not there.. I will actually cry

bb1234567 wrote: »

Poetry isnt even worth that much people worry about it too much

12% can change a looooot..

robman60

MrAweesome wrote: »

The thought of Dickinson on the paper may help me sleep for the week

I agree but the thought of anyone else is quite horrible frankly.

bb1234567 wrote: »

Poetry isnt even worth that much people worry about it too much

You're correct. English Paper 1 is like the Irish oral. They throw marks at you but then the rest is torture.

bb1234567

robman60 wrote: »

You're correct. English Paper 1 is like the Irish oral. They throw marks at you but then the rest is torture.

exactly! people get so worked up over english poetry and the p2 learnt irish section. Irish poetry, irish Pros and and Triall option question COMBINED = 15 % of grade. Less than your irish listening test!!

Poliana.xo wrote: »

12% can change a looooot..

But realsitically if you put any effort into it youll get 6/7% of that. So its more like 5% for all your hard work! I know 5% can mean the difference between a grade but just remember not to stress out about poetry too much guys just know some quotes from 4 poems, their themes and some features of said poets literature! do that for 3/4 poets and youll get a B easy

Poliana.xo

bb1234567 wrote: »

But realsitically if you put any effort into it youll get 6/7% of that. So its more like 5% for all your hard work! I know 5% can mean the difference between a grade but just remember not to stress out about poetry too much guys just know some quotes from 4 poems, their themes and some features of said poets literature! do that for 3/4 poets and youll get a B easy

I got 10% in my mock in poetry and that really bumped up my grade.. And really if you look at it that way, Macbeth is worth only 2.5% more than poetry. I think nobody should neglect poetry, especially since writing about it isn't too hard once you put in some work. Sure I am obviously not getting too worked up only studying 3/4 poets But honestly, Larkin or Dickinson better be there:pac:

Badwulf

How many comparisions should we make on the GVAV or the CC?

bb1234567

Badwulf wrote: »

How many comparisions should we make on the GVAV or the CC?

My teacher says 7-8 good comparisons can get you an A1

Poliana.xo wrote: »

I got 10% in my mock in poetry and that really bumped up my grade.. And really if you look at it that way, Macbeth is worth only 2.5% more than poetry. I think nobody should neglect poetry, especially since writing about it isn't too hard once you put in some work. Sure I am obviously not getting too worked up only studying 3/4 poets But honestly, Larkin or Dickinson better be there:pac:

haha fair enough:P I know ill scream if theyre not on it! On a sidenote though why is everyone so sure dickinson and heaney are up? Like heaneys death yeah but does that make him any more likely to come up..? do dead poets always come up the year after they die is that a thing

AtomicKoala

Nimrod 7 wrote: »

I always say yous :P

Who are you, Clare Daly? :pac:

Aspiring

bb1234567 wrote: »

My teacher says 7-8 good comparisons can get you an A1

Do you mean 7-8 comparisons throughout the whole thing or 7-8 paragraphs with comparisons. We only do 5 or so paragraphs but in each one there's always 3 comparisons. I'm either doing too much or not enough

Poliana.xo

bb1234567 wrote: »

haha fair enough I know ill scream if theyre not on it! On a sidenote though why is everyone so sure dickinson and heaney are up? Like heaneys death yeah but does that make him any more likely to come up..? do dead poets always come up the year after they die is that a thing

they would honor him by putting him on the paper.. Plus he hasn't been up since like 2004? and not on again for a few years. And Dickinson is the female poet :P

MrAweesome

Do yous think the witches might come up for the macbeth question? My whole week is going to prioritise business, history and English :P

Janeh9

My English teacher went on about the Supernatural coming up but I'm not sure :P

bb1234567

Aspiring wrote: »

Do you mean 7-8 comparisons throughout the whole thing or 7-8 paragraphs with comparisons. We only do 5 or so paragraphs but in each one there's always 3 comparisons. I'm either doing too much or not enough

woah thats a lot! my teacher meant 7-8 for the whole thing:) Idk how youd fit in 3 comparisons per para haha sounds hard

Poliana.xo

up nice and early, don't feel nice at all though :rolleyes: can I please just skip all this and go college? :pac:

chatterboxxx95

Having nightmares that they will put on Bishop on our paper just to fcek us around and question: what makes everyone so sure larkin's on? He was up in 2012 and he's on the course the next few years, kinsella, while having appeared on 2012 he's not on next year and he's only been on the exam once or something in the past number of years!

Regards comparative: I'm planning on crawling into a hole and dying :O we did covered the texts but did next to nothing after that, just got bucket-loads of crappy notes

LoveLamps

Same here! We spent aaagggees on macbeth and poetry and not much on comparative, we went through the texts and after that went through like 2 exam wuestions thats it

little sis...

If I were to study a fifth poet I would study Derek Mahon 'cause I hate Larkin. But he's very unlikely so should I bother?

thelad95

chatterboxxx95 wrote: »

Having nightmares that they will put on Bishop on our paper just to fcek us around and question: what makes everyone so sure larkin's on? He was up in 2012 and he's on the course the next few years, kinsella, while having appeared on 2012 he's not on next year and he's only been on the exam once or something in the past number of years!

Regards comparative: I'm planning on crawling into a hole and dying :O we did covered the texts but did next to nothing after that, just got bucket-loads of crappy notes

My teacher has been saying all year that they'll stick one of last years poets on with Bishop being her prediction.

I think Heaney, Yeats and Dickinson will be on. After that it could be any of the remaining five. What you said about Larkin makes me think that Kinsella is actually more likely.

Poliana.xo

I'll study Dickinson, Larkin and Kinsella.. Will know Heaney too, although I really really hate him, been putting off studying him for the past two weeks :pac:

aleatorio

I'm doing Yeats, Dickinson, Larkin, Kinsella and Bishop
I know Bishop insanely well because she was the first poet I did, so if they throw a curveball and put her on, I'm ready :cool:

little sis...

aleatorio wrote: »

I'm doing Yeats, Dickinson, Larkin, Kinsella and Bishop
I know Bishop insanely well because she was the first poet I did, so if they throw a curveball and put her on, I'm ready :cool:

Do you know the other 4 very well also?

For me the worst scenario would be if Larkin,Mahon,Plath and Kinsella come up.

Poliana.xo

Am I right in saying that Bishop is not on next year but Dickinson and Plath are?

aleatorio

little sis... wrote: »

Do you know the other 4 very well also?

For me the worst scenario would be if Larkin,Mahon,Plath and Kinsella come up.

Nope, I didn't do Plath or Mahon and I didn't enjoy doing Heaney so never studied him
I think my 5 should serve me well though, hoping for 3 of them to come up so I've a nice choice

bb1234567

I know heaney sOOOO well, heaney somewhat well and dickinson too. We did larkin and kinsella but i dislike them so much so havnt learnt them yet Would you guys recommend doing the 70 mark Q or 40+30 for the comparative???